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At present, online games cannot be directly classified into a certain type of work stipulated by the Copyright Law of China (game software belongs to the category of computer software).Currently, there are two views on the definition of the types of online game works in the theory and practice: the overall protection perspective and the split protection perspective.Generally, a large-scale online game includes at least two parts: a game engine and game resources.The game engine is program code while the game resources include characters, clothing, props, music, cutscenes, narration, text, maps, and so on.In fact, program code and characters, costumes, props, music, cutscenes, narration, text, maps, etc.that contain originality can all be separate work types protected by the Copyright Law, such as works of fine arts, written works, graphic works, musical works.(https://www.daowen.com)
In practice, some opinions divide the online games into independent works such as software, works of fine art, musical works and so on for protection.There are also opinions that online games are different from compilation works, game resources are not simply collections and compilations, but are integrated through procedures to form a whole work, and determine ownership and exercise rights as a whole.